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2002 Season Review -- Arizona Diamondbacks

February 5, 2003

This article takes a look at how the Arizona Diamondbacks performed relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections for 2002, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in 2002, visit the following pages:

2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March 21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency

Capsule Summary

                        Projected  Actual
Runs for                    729      819
Runs allowed                713      674
Run Margin                  +16     +145
Wins                         84       98
Pythagorean wins             83       97
Placement                   3rd      1st
                         Offense  Defense
Run efficiency average .275 .258 Difference +.019 +.002

Position Players

Damian Miller, c , bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   499 130 28  0 15  57  60  4  46 10 111  0  1 .261 .326 .407  .733  66
Prorated  Ari   305  79 17  0  9  35  37  2  28  6  68  0  1                       39
Actual    Ari   297  74 22  0 11  40  42  3  38  5  88  0  0 .249 .340 .434  .775  41

Rod Barajas, c , bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    98  21  5  0  4  10  14  1   3  1  18  1  1 .214 .243 .388  .630   9
Prorated  Ari   164  35  8  0  7  17  23  2   5  2  30  2  2                       14
Actual    Ari   154  36 10  0  3  12  23  3  10  4  25  1  0 .234 .288 .357  .645  16

Chad Moeller, c , bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    70  16  3  0  2   9   6  0   5  0  16  0  0 .229 .280 .357  .637   7
Prorated  Ari   115  26  5  0  3  15  10  0   8  0  26  0  0                       11
Actual    Ari   105  30 11  1  2  10  16  0  17  3  23  0  1 .286 .385 .467  .852  17

Mark Grace, 1b, bats left, age 38

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   494 141 36  2 13  70  76  5  71  7  36  1  0 .285 .376 .445  .821  88
Prorated  Ari   297  85 22  1  8  42  46  3  43  4  22  1  0                       53
Actual    Ari   298  75 19  0  7  43  48  1  46  6  30  2  0 .252 .351 .386  .736  43

Erubiel Durazo, 1b, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   183  50 10  0 11  34  35  1  27  1  45  0  0 .273 .366 .508  .874  37
Prorated  Ari   237  65 13  0 14  44  45  1  35  1  58  0  0                       47
Actual    Ari   222  58 12  2 16  46  48  2  49  2  60  0  1 .261 .395 .550  .944  53

Greg Colbrunn, 1b/3b, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    66  19  4  0  3   8  11  2   7  0   9  0  0 .288 .373 .485  .858  11
Prorated  Ari   163  47 10  0  7  20  27  5  17  0  22  0  0                       28
Actual    Ari   171  57 16  2 10  30  27  0  13  1  19  0  0 .333 .378 .626 1.004  39

Junior Spivey, 2b, bats right, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    66  15  2  1  2  10   8  0   8  0  15  2  1 .227 .311 .379  .690   8
Prorated  Ari   551 125 17  8 17  83  67  0  67  0 125 17  8                       67
Actual    Ari   538 162 34  6 16 103  78 16  65  5 100 11  6 .301 .389 .476  .865 103

Alex Cintron, 2b/3b/ss, bats switch, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    69  18  3  1  1   8   5  0   2  0   8  1  1 .261 .278 .377  .655   7
Prorated  Ari    83  22  4  1  1  10   6  0   2  0  10  1  1                        8
Actual    Ari    75  16  6  0  0  11   4  0  12  2  13  0  0 .213 .322 .293  .615   8

Craig Counsell, 3b/ss/2b, bats left, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   533 146 27  4  4  85  41  3  66  3  82  7  7 .274 .354 .362  .716  71
Prorated  Ari   426 117 22  3  3  68  33  2  53  2  65  6  6                       57
Actual    Ari   436 123 22  1  2  63  51  1  45  3  52  7  5 .282 .348 .351  .699  54

Matt Williams, 3b, bats right, age 36

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   189  50 12  0  7  24  29  1  10  2  30  0  0 .265 .302 .439  .741  24
Prorated  Ari   223  59 14  0  8  28  34  1  12  2  35  0  0                       28
Actual    Ari   215  56  7  2 12  29  40  0  21  1  41  3  1 .260 .324 .479  .803  32

Chris Donnels, 3b, bats left, age 36

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    65  15  3  0  4   9  11  0  10  1  13  0  0 .231 .333 .462  .795  10
Prorated  Ari    81  19  4  0  5  11  14  0  12  1  16  0  0                       13
Actual    Ari    80  19  4  1  3   5  16  0  10  1  14  0  0 .237 .312 .425  .737  11

Jay Bell, 3b/1b, bats right, age 36

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   348  86 18  2 12  51  40  3  46  1  65  1  1 .247 .338 .414  .751  51
Prorated  Ari    48  12  2  0  2   7   6  0   6  0   9  0  0                        7
Actual    Ari    49   8  1  0  2   3  11  1   5  0   9  0  0 .163 .250 .306  .556   4

Danny Klassen, 3b, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    67  16  3  1  2  11   8  1   6  0  16  1  1 .239 .311 .403  .714   8
Prorated  Ari     3   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    Ari     3   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0 .333 .333 .333  .667   0

Tony Womack, ss, bats left, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   672 177 25 11  5  94  44  7  33  1  79 45 12 .263 .303 .356  .659  77
Prorated  Ari   606 160 23 10  5  85  40  6  30  1  71 41 11                       70
Actual    Ari   590 160 23  5  5  90  57  4  46  2  80 29 12 .271 .325 .353  .678  70

Luis Gonzalez, lf, bats left, age 34

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   568 175 37  4 40 107 114 12  78 15  77  1  1 .308 .399 .599  .998 138
Prorated  Ari   541 167 35  4 38 102 109 11  74 14  73  1  1                      131
Actual    Ari   524 151 19  3 28  90 103  5  97  8  76  9  2 .288 .400 .496  .896 111

Mark Little, lf/rf, bats right, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Col    94  29  6  1  3  17  13  3   7  1  22  4  3 .309 .375 .489  .864  17

Prorated  Col   111  34  7  1  4  20  15  4   8  1  26  5  4                       20
Actual    Col   105  21  5  2  0  20   5  4  13  0  28  2  1 .200 .311 .286  .597  11

Prorated  Ari    25   8  2  0  1   5   4  1   2  0   6  1  1                        5
Actual    Ari    22   6  0  1  0   8   2  4   2  0   5  0  0 .273 .429 .364  .792   4

Prorated  NYN     3   1  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  0                        0
Actual    NYN     3   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   1  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

Prorated  Tot   139  43  9  1  4  25  19  4  10  1  33  6  4                       25
Actual    Tot   130  27  5  3  0  28   7  8  15  0  34  2  2 .208 .327 .292  .619  14

Steve Finley, cf, bats left, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   554 145 29  5 23  81  83  4  53  8  83 10  6 .262 .328 .457  .785  84
Prorated  Ari   517 135 27  5 21  76  77  4  49  7  77  9  6                       77
Actual    Ari   505 145 24  4 25  82  89  3  65  7  73 16  4 .287 .370 .499  .869  96

Quinton McCracken, rf/cf/lf, bats switch, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    69  18  4  1  0   9   6  0   5  0  11  1  1 .261 .311 .348  .659   7
Prorated  Ari   368  96 21  5  0  48  32  0  27  0  59  5  5                       37
Actual    Ari   349 108 27  8  3  60  40  2  32  0  68  5  4 .309 .367 .458  .825  61

David Dellucci, rf/lf, bats left, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    89  24  4  1  3  11  14  1   9  1  20  1  0 .270 .343 .438  .782  14
Prorated  Ari   235  63 11  3  8  29  37  3  24  3  53  3  0                       37
Actual    Ari   229  56 11  2  7  34  29  1  28  5  55  2  4 .245 .326 .402  .727  29

Danny Bautista, rf/cf, bats right, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari   527 152 27  7 14  68  69  4  30  4  76  7  3 .288 .330 .446  .776  74
Prorated  Ari   154  44  8  2  4  20  20  1   9  1  22  2  1                       21
Actual    Ari   154  50  5  2  6  22  23  0  11  2  21  4  2 .325 .367 .500  .867  27

Jose Guillen, rf, bats right, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    70  20  4  1  3  10  11  2   3  0  14  0  0 .286 .333 .500  .833  11
Prorated  Ari   132  38  8  2  6  19  21  4   6  0  26  0  0                       22
Actual    Ari   131  30  4  0  4  13  15  2   7  1  25  3  4 .229 .277 .351  .628  10

Prorated  Cin   110  31  6  2  5  16  17  3   5  0  22  0  0                       18
Actual    Cin   109  27  3  0  4  12  16  1   7  0  18  1  1 .248 .299 .385  .684  11

Prorated  Tot   242  69 14  3 10  35  38  7  10  0  48  0  0                       38
Actual    Tot   240  57  7  0  8  25  31  3  14  1  43  4  5 .237 .287 .367  .653  21

Felix Jose, rf, bats switch, age 37

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected FA     70  17  4  0  2   9  10  0   5  0  18  1  0 .243 .293 .386  .679   8

Prorated  Ari    23   6  1  0  1   3   3  0   2  0   6  0  0                        3
Actual    Ari    19   5  0  0  2   5   4  0   4  0   8  0  0 .263 .360 .579  .939   4

Lyle Overbay, ph, bats left, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Ari    68  20  5  0  2   9  10  0   6  1  13  0  0 .294 .347 .456  .803  11
Prorated  Ari     9   3  1  0  0   1   1  0   1  0   2  0  0                        2
Actual    Ari    10   1  0  0  0   0   1  0   0  0   5  0  0 .100 .100 .100  .200   0

Pitchers

Randy Johnson, starter, throws left, age 38

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  2.67  32 32  18  6  0  223 169 19  62 325  .210  .602
Prorated  Ari        37 37  21  7  0  257 195 22  72 375            
Actual    Ari  2.32  35 35  24  5  0  260 197 26  71 334  .208  .619

Curt Schilling, starter, throws right, age 35

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.53  32 32  16  9  0  237 225 33  39 240  .250  .690
Prorated  Ari        34 34  17 10  0  251 238 35  41 254            
Actual    Ari  3.23  36 35  23  7  0  259 218 29  33 316  .224  .613

Miguel Batista, starter/reliever, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.06  27 27   9  6  0  151 139 18  63 101  .247  .725
Prorated  Ari        33 33  11  7  0  184 169 22  77 123            
Actual    Ari  4.29  36 29   8  9  0  185 172 12  70 112  .245  .681

Rick Helling, starter, throws right, age 31

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  5.32  32 32  10 13  0  205 221 34  65 155  .275  .828
Prorated  Ari        27 27   8 11  0  172 185 28  54 130            
Actual    Ari  4.51  30 30  10 12  0  176 180 31  48 120  .264  .786

Brian Anderson, starter/reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.60  19 19   6  6  0  117 128 20  21  58  .278  .784
Prorated  Ari        25 25   8  8  0  157 171 27  28  77            
Actual    Ari  4.79  35 24   6 11  0  156 174 23  32  81  .284  .784

John Patterson, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  3.23   7  5   2  0  0   31  27  7   7  31  .235  .737

Todd Stottlemyre, starter, throws right, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.90  13 13   4  5  0   72  76 13  24  58  .273  .802
Prorated  Ari         4  4   1  1  0   21  22  4   7  17            
Actual    Ari  7.52   5  4   0  2  0   20  26  4   7  12  .313  .905

Mike Koplove, reliever, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.20  30  0   2  2  0   45  39  5  23  44  .235  .716
Prorated  Ari        38  0   3  3  0   57  50  6  29  56            
Actual    Ari  3.36  55  0   6  1  0   62  47  2  23  46  .213  .562

Mike Myers, reliever, throws left, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  2.49  70  0   3  1  1   43  30  2  17  40  .196  .584
Prorated  Ari        68  0   3  1  1   42  29  2  17  39            
Actual    Ari  4.38  69  0   4  3  4   37  39  2  17  31  .275  .754

Mike Morgan, reliever, throws right, age 42

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  5.52  44  4   2  4  0   60  76  7  19  36  .313  .840
Prorated  Ari        26  2   1  2  0   35  44  4  11  21            
Actual    Ari  5.29  29  0   1  1  0   34  41  7   9  13  .289  .823

Greg Swindell, reliever, throws left, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.94  53  0   2  2  0   46  43  8   8  38  .247  .737
Prorated  Ari        41  0   2  2  0   35  33  6   6  29            
Actual    Ari  6.27  34  0   0  2  0   33  38  9   5  23  .279  .860

Eddie Oropesa, reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  4.83  40  0   1  2  0   32  34  4  15  22  .279  .798
Prorated  Ari        38  0   1  2  0   30  32  4  14  21            
Actual    Ari 10.30  32  0   2  0  0   25  39  6  15  18  .348  .993

Matt Mantei, reliever, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.67  53  0   3  2  0   54  39  7  36  75  .201  .696
Prorated  Ari        27  0   2  1  0   28  20  4  18  38            
Actual    Ari  4.72  31  0   2  2  0   27  28  3  12  26  .257  .740

Mike Fetters, reliever, throws right, age 37

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Pit  4.65  70  0   3  5  2   72  69 10  35  53  .257  .793
Prorated  Pit        30  0   1  2  1   30  29  4  15  23            
Actual    Pit  3.26  32  0   1  0  0   30  25  3  18  29  .219  .670

Prorated  Ari        26  0   1  2  1   27  26  4  13  20            
Actual    Ari  5.11  33  0   2  3  0   25  28  1  19  24  .292  .769

Prorated  Tot        56  0   2  4  2   57  55  8  28  42            
Actual    Tot  4.09  65  0   3  3  0   55  53  4  37  53  .252  .717

Bret Prinz, reliever, throws right, age 25

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  3.20  70  0   4  2  2   59  50  6  21  46  .230  .652
Prorated  Ari        20  0   1  1  1   17  14  2   6  13            
Actual    Ari  9.45  20  0   0  2  0   13  23  1  10  10  .404 1.072

Jose Parra, reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  3.21  16  0   0  1  0   14  13  0  11   8  .255  .730

Duaner Sanchez, reliever, throws right, age 22

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Ari  4.91   6  0   0  0  0    4   3  1   5   4  .214  .850

Actual    Pit 15.43   3  0   0  0  0    2   3  1   2   2  .300 1.217

Actual    Tot  9.00   9  0   0  0  0    6   6  2   7   6  .250 1.003

Armando Reynoso, reliever, throws right, age 36

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  5.32   4  4   1  1  0   22  25  4   6  11  .287  .820
Prorated  Ari         0  0   0  0  0    2   2  0   1   1            
Actual    Ari 10.80   2  0   0  0  0    2   3  0   1   2  .375  .944

Byung-Hyun Kim, closer, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Ari  2.32  70  0   5  4 42   78  44  6  35  98  .166  .551
Prorated  Ari        76  0   5  4 46   85  48  7  38 107            
Actual    Ari  2.04  72  0   8  3 36   84  64  5  26  92  .208  .557

 

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